Rename an SMS Site

Not long ago, I had to rename an SMS Site, here are the steps I used, from Jase T. Wolfe's blog.

  1. If an SMS Primary Site server, stop the SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER, SMS_EXECUTIVE, SMS_SERVER_LOCATOR_POINT, and SMS_SQL_MONITOR services.
  2. If an SMS Secondary Site server, stop the SMS_SITE_COMPONENT_MANAGER and SMS_EXECUTIVE services.
  3. Open the "\SMS\inboxes\sitectrl.box\sitectrl.ct0" site control file.
  4. Search for the section "BEGIN_SITE_DEFINITION".
  5. Within this section, locate the third value, which is the site name.
  6. Change this value to the new site name, leaving the brackets intact.
  7. Do not change any other values.
  8. Save the "\SMS\inboxes\sitectrl.box\sitectrl.ct0" site control file.
  9. Open RegEdit and find HKLM\Software\Microsoft \SMS\Identification.
  10. Change the Site Name value to the new site name.
  11. Done!

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Anonymous said…
Thanks for this post, it is great
March 29, 2011 at 2:18 PM
Anonymous said…
thanks to the author for taking his time on this one.
April 2, 2011 at 1:26 AM
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